The band explain: ‘We couldn’t ignore all the love we got for the first acoustic tour (in 2019) when we kept having to add more and more shows due to the demand. We ended up doing about 50 shows when we originally planned to do just one or two! So we decided to do it again and make it another very special and intimate performance.’
Turin Brakes released their Mercury Prize nominated debut The Optimist Lp in March 2001 (achieving gold status in the UK) and followed it up in 2003 with their most commercially successful album – Ether Song – featuring the Top 5 hit single Pain Killer (Summer Rain). Since then the band have racked up seven top 40 singles, six top 40 albums and over a million record sales worldwide.
“It’s like dustbowl folk music refracted through inner-city noise.”
– NME
Support comes from Riverman
Singer/songwriter Steve Dagleish, a regular visitor to Lyme Folk Weekend, leads his eclectic folk band ‘riverman’, weaving traditional roots with American, blues and indie-folk elements.
Formed in 2024, the band features Mark Thistlewood (double bass) and Caro Lynn (vocals). Expect lyrical depth, catchy hooks, pulsing rhythms and exquisite vocal harmonies.